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I’m with ya. My natural smile is somewhere between mildly amused and in pain, in beautiful congruence with a strong tendency to avoid eye contact. When I try to smile harder it just looks fake. When I don’t, I’m a mix of village idiot and axe murderer thanks to a prominent forehead, narrow eyes, and downward eyebrows. People who “listen to their gut” in social interactions (aka most people) tend to think I’m either upset at them, incapable of comprehending what they say, or massively distracted. Only those who deliberately focus on my words sometimes overcome this impression.